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Siphonaptera
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Siphonaptera - fleasorder Siphonapteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal speciesflea - any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leapfamily Pulicidae, Pulicidae - many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animalsgenus Tunga, Tunga - a genus of SiphonapteraEchidnophaga, genus Echidnophaga - a genus of Siphonaptera |
Siphonaptera
Siphonaptera[‚sī·fə′näp·trə] (invertebrate zoology) The fleas, an order of insects characterized by a small, laterally compressed, oval body armed with spines and setae, three pairs of legs modified for jumping, and sucking mouthparts. Siphonaptera
Si·pho·nap·te·ra (sī'fō-nap'tĕ-ră), The fleas, an order of wingless insect ectoparasites highly adapted for survival in mammalian fur; they are flattened laterally, spined, and equipped with well-developed metathoracic legs for jumping. [G. siphōn, tube, + G. a- priv. + pteron, wing] SiphonapteraS09-864700 (si?fo-nap'ter-a) [? + apteros, wingless] An order of insects commonly called fleas. They are wingless, undergo complete metamorphosis, and have piercing and sucking mouth parts. The body is compressed laterally, and the legs are adapted for leaping. Fleas feed on the blood of birds and mammals. They transmit the causative organisms of several diseases (bubonic plague, endemic or murine typhus, and tularemia) and are also the intermediate hosts of certain tapeworms. See: fleaSiphonaptera see APHANIPTERA.Siphonaptera
Related to Siphonaptera: Hemiptera, Mecoptera, order SiphonapteraSynonyms for Siphonapteranoun fleasSynonymsRelated Words- animal order
- class Hexapoda
- class Insecta
- Hexapoda
- Insecta
- flea
- family Pulicidae
- Pulicidae
- genus Tunga
- Tunga
- Echidnophaga
- genus Echidnophaga
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